Caviar Harvesting In The Astrakhan Region Of Russia, 1960

These pictures were taken during 1960 in the Soviet Union. Caviar has always been a staple of Eastern European cuisine. The finest caviar being Russian caviar from the Sturgeon.  These pictures show the laborers in the environment getting the cash crop. For more posts like these of the old Soviet days go to the excellent website http://kcmeesha.com/

Photos are provided by Life Magazine

Classes Of Koi Fish

I have embarked on the wonderful world of owning and caring for Koi fish. A beautiful, graceful and forceful fish with the most incredible style. The Koi in many Asian cultures represents balance as two fish swim circling one another. You can clearly see how these amazing fish have come to garner such importance when you own one. Here is a chart showing each unique type of Koi. Maybe you will consider one of these amazing fish for your own life.

 

Thanks to forever-mango.com for the great chart!

Chum Buddy Sleeping Bag Gets You Personal With Your Fishy Friend

This sleeping bag is sure to please any aquatic oriented person. Rough on the price tag though. Cheers for the concept!

Find it here http://www.patchtogether.com/store/chumbuddy-192.html

 

Sampling Of Sterogram Images

I found these on Stumbleupon one day and it really changed my opinion of stereograms. After viewing the underwater ones that follow I found the terrain picture that is above. According to Wikipedia the deffinition is as follows…..

A stereogram is an optical illusion of depth created from flat, two-dimensional image or images. Originally, stereogram referred to a pair of stereo images which could be viewed using stereoscope. Other types of stereograms include anaglyphs and autostereograms.

Stereogram was discovered by Charles Wheatstone in 1838. He found an explanation of binocular visionwhich led him to construct a stereoscope based on a combination of prisms and mirrors to allow a person to see 3D images from two 2D pictures.

Stereograms were re-popularized by the creation of autostereogram on computers, where a 3D image is hidden in a single 2D image, until the viewer focuses the eyes correctly. The Magic Eye series is a popular example of this. Magic Eye books refer to autostereograms as stereograms, leading most people to believe that the word stereogram is synonymous to autostereogram.

Salvador Dalí created some impressive stereograms in his exploration in a variety of optical illusions.

The effect does wonders to the fish and environment in the deep sea photos. To look at these excellent underwater stereograms you must go from staring straight and then crossing yor eyes. That middle spot is where the magic happens. Sort of like adjusting the lens to make the picture clear in a photo. Once you start to see something try to concentrate and focus on just that image, it really brings it out. It trully is quite a quest to explain to others on how to do it. I only hope this helped some to experience a really cool effect and go and find some more stereograms for themselves.